My dad just sent me some cell phone snaps (would post but they're pretty blurry) of the bear that has been terrorizing the neighborhood's trashcans and small pets. Does he live in Montana, or Alaska? No, suburban Connecticut. Black bears are a freakin scourge these days.

We obviously need to just import larger predators to manage their population. Dinosaurs, maybe?

Jim.Casy:My dad just sent me some cell phone snaps (would post but they're pretty blurry) of the bear that has been terrorizing the neighborhood's trashcans and small pets. Does he live in Montana, or Alaska? No, suburban Connecticut. Black bears are a freakin scourge these days.

We obviously need to just import larger predators to manage their population. Dinosaurs, maybe?

Jim.Casy:My dad just sent me some cell phone snaps (would post but they're pretty blurry) of the bear that has been terrorizing the neighborhood's trashcans and small pets. Does he live in Montana, or Alaska? No, suburban Connecticut. Black bears are a freakin scourge these days.

We obviously need to just import larger predators to manage their population. Dinosaurs, maybe?

For God's sake, woman! Your kids will never make it in this world if they don't know how to fight off a few bears.(Damned bedroom-community urbanites!)

Not just that, but make some noise and bears tend to run off. Bears don't want a fight if they can avoid it.

I would just sent my cat outside. She invariably scares the living bajeesis out of angry rottweilers and veterinary technicians. I'm pretty sure she would make the expression change from "Does a bear shiat in the woods?" to "Does a bear shiat in my pool?"

redmid17:Jim.Casy: My dad just sent me some cell phone snaps (would post but they're pretty blurry) of the bear that has been terrorizing the neighborhood's trashcans and small pets. Does he live in Montana, or Alaska? No, suburban Connecticut. Black bears are a freakin scourge these days.

We obviously need to just import larger predators to manage their population. Dinosaurs, maybe?

Jim.Casy:My dad just sent me some cell phone snaps (would post but they're pretty blurry) of the bear that has been terrorizing the neighborhood's trashcans and small pets. Does he live in Montana, or Alaska? No, suburban Connecticut. Black bears are a freakin scourge these days.

We obviously need to just import larger predators to manage their population. Dinosaurs, maybe?

I live in Connecticut, and I'm not worried. The coyotes and bobcats will deal with them. If they're not trampled by deer first. Or smothered by squirrels.